[zzbn00]

I agree. And the cost of ebooks is often very reasonable, Amazon are selling lots (more than one can read in a lifetime) of superb stuff in the $1-$4 range. (Makes things really difficult for the modern authors though).

Also a paper book you'd carry every day with you for a year will look in much worse state than a Kindle.

Reading e-books is an affordable past time...

[ornornor]

To be pedantic, Amazon sells you a license to read the book but you don’t actually own the book like you would a real book. They can remove the book anytime and there is nothing you can do about it. They’ve already done it in the past, the book just vanished.

[GolfPopper]

Yep. I don't mind paying authors and published for ebooks, but I draw the line at Amazon controlling my library. It seems like one solution might be to buy the ebook via whatever platform the author says is best for them, and then acquire a copy you control via other means.

[amanaplanacanal]

If you are really worried about this, you can pirate the book from the usual sites and side load it onto your kindle.

[zzbn00]

The terms of service in UK seem better in this regard than USA.

Which/why did they remove the book?

[TylerE]

Some books prices are ok.

Infuriates me when the paperback is $4-5 cheaper than the ebook, henchman’s exactly uncommon.